21 April 2023

27 links · Friday

Setting an Absolute Output Path for .NET SDK Projects

By default .NET SDK project dump their final build output into a deeply nested folder structure that describes the build configuration, target, platform and sometimes additional package folders. While that's useful especially for multi-targeted projects. Somet…

Salesforce IDs Explained

Everything you ever wanted to know about Salesforce IDs and then some.

I'm really bad at side projects

I like side projects. Basically, my whole life is a side project after a side project after a side project. You’d think by now I must be some kind of a side project ninja, but no… I almost never finish them.

Remaining relevant as a small language model

Bing Chat recently quipped that humans are small language models. Here are some of my thoughts on how we small language models can remain relevant (for now).

Make It Easy for People to Share Feedback With You

Every website should have some part at the (bottom|top) (left|right) corner, with a “Send feedback” button. It takes text and if you want to get fancy maybe some screenshot.

Tech Independence | Derek Sivers

Like knowing how to drive or make your own food, so you’re not dependent on taxis or restaurants, it’s very useful to know how to set up your own tech services, to break dependence on the cloud.

Why You Shouldn't Convert to Bidet

If you’ve been unlucky to converse with someone who has recently bought a bidet, they’ve probably told you how it changed their lives like some sort of newfound religion. As someone who converted to Bidetism recently, I’m here to tell you four reasons why you …

Status will be all that's left

Love him or not, I’ve enjoyed watching Elon Musk’s rise in status to that of a cultural icon. Undeniably his popularity has taken a hit in recent months, but overall I’ve cheered him from the sidelines because it’s confirmed...

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The weird world of Windows file paths

File system paths on Windows are stranger than you might think. On any Unix-derived system, a path is an admirably simple thing: if it starts with a /, it’s a path. Not so on Windows, which serves up a bewildering variety of schemes for composing a path.

Time Series Data with Postgres (#266)

We're exploring time series data on Postgres and to get started we need to get the proper extensions set up on our Azure instance. Let's mash on that.

Why I joined Cloudflare as Chief Security Officer

As someone who is passionate about technology, security, and its potential to improve our lives, I knew that I wanted to work for a company that shared those values.

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Release v7.1.2 · dotnet/orleans

What's Changed Prevent analyzer exception on aliased attribute names by @tboby in #8355 ObserverManager: Guard against null in constructor by @bradygaster in #8358 Allows System Target's to receiv...

Encapsulate libraries not frameworks

Encapsulation is a way of organizing code into separate modules, where each module has a clear and well-defined responsibility. It allows fo...